Data Protection Act Jobs in the UK excluding London

Data Protection Act (DPA)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Protection Act in permanent job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Protection Act over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 470 605 514
Rank change year-on-year +135 -91 -63
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection Act 109 158 241
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.27% 0.21% 0.42%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.80% 0.64% 0.99%
Number of salaries quoted 66 116 139
10th Percentile £25,480 £27,750 £38,750
25th Percentile £29,000 £34,125 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -14.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,438 £55,000 £62,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £67,500 £72,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £48,750 £55,025
% change year-on-year +23.08% -11.40% +0.05%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

Data Protection Act falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 13,541 24,499 24,363
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 34.12% 32.71% 42.50%
Number of salaries quoted 5,957 15,292 10,888
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,925 £35,000 £41,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

Data Protection Act
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Data Protection Act as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection Act in the UK excluding London

Data Protection Act
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Protection Act in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Data Protection Act in the UK excluding London

Data Protection Act
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Protection Act in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Protection Act in the UK excluding London

Data Protection Act
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Protection Act within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +35 43 £32,500 -35.00% 18
North West +14 36 £25,480 -37.47% 7
Midlands +59 29 £50,000 -13.04% 3
West Midlands +52 28 £50,000 -14.89% 1
South East +68 24 £61,134 +88.11% 13
Yorkshire +45 7 £80,000 +60.00% 7
Scotland +124 5 £54,000 +103.77% 2
East of England +49 4 £60,000 -14.29% 3
South West +86 3 £80,000 +77.78% 6
East Midlands +41 1 £28,500 -19.72% 2
Wales - 1 £55,000 -
Data Protection Act
UK

Data Protection Act
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (3.67%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.75%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.92%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 22 (20.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (11.01%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (6.42%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.92%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 5 (4.59%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (2.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (2.75%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 39 (35.78%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (13.76%) Azure
3 7 (6.42%) Google Workspace
4 5 (4.59%) AWS
4 5 (4.59%) Power Platform
5 3 (2.75%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (2.75%) GCP
6 2 (1.83%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (1.83%) SaaS
7 1 (0.92%) Amazon EKS
7 1 (0.92%) Azure Pipelines
7 1 (0.92%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 7 (6.42%) Intranet
2 3 (2.75%) Firewall
2 3 (2.75%) Network Security
2 3 (2.75%) VLAN
2 3 (2.75%) VPN
3 2 (1.83%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.92%) LAN
4 1 (0.92%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (0.92%) WAN
4 1 (0.92%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.59%) Power BI
2 3 (2.75%) Tableau
3 2 (1.83%) Oracle Database
3 2 (1.83%) Oracle Exadata
4 1 (0.92%) Apache Hive
4 1 (0.92%) Big Data
4 1 (0.92%) DTS
4 1 (0.92%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.92%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.92%) MySQL
4 1 (0.92%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.92%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (5.50%) JIRA
2 3 (2.75%) Git
3 2 (1.83%) Postman
4 1 (0.92%) Android Studio
General
1 60 (55.05%) Social Skills
2 20 (18.35%) Legal
3 17 (15.60%) Law
4 12 (11.01%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (11.01%) Retail
5 8 (7.34%) Finance
6 6 (5.50%) Publishing
7 4 (3.67%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.83%) Automotive
8 2 (1.83%) Games
8 2 (1.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.83%) Marketing
8 2 (1.83%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.83%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.83%) Social Housing
9 1 (0.92%) Banking
9 1 (0.92%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.92%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (16.51%) Administrator
2 16 (14.68%) IT Administrator
3 15 (13.76%) Analyst
3 15 (13.76%) Senior
4 11 (10.09%) Developer
5 10 (9.17%) Lead
6 8 (7.34%) Consultant
7 7 (6.42%) Compliance Advisor
7 7 (6.42%) Governance Manager
7 7 (6.42%) Information Governance Manager
7 7 (6.42%) Information Manager
7 7 (6.42%) Information Officer
7 7 (6.42%) Risk Officer
7 7 (6.42%) Security Advisor
8 6 (5.50%) Information Security Consultant
8 6 (5.50%) Information Security Manager
8 6 (5.50%) Security Consultant
8 6 (5.50%) Security Manager
8 6 (5.50%) Senior Developer
9 5 (4.59%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (6.42%) Middleware
2 6 (5.50%) Node.js
3 5 (4.59%) Oracle Fusion
3 5 (4.59%) React
4 4 (3.67%) .NET
5 3 (2.75%) Ruby on Rails
6 2 (1.83%) Oracle GoldenGate
7 1 (0.92%) Express.js
7 1 (0.92%) Fastify
7 1 (0.92%) Kafka
7 1 (0.92%) MERN Stack
7 1 (0.92%) Next.js
7 1 (0.92%) scikit-learn
7 1 (0.92%) Spring
7 1 (0.92%) Spring Boot
7 1 (0.92%) Tailwind CSS
7 1 (0.92%) TensorFlow
7 1 (0.92%) Torch
Miscellaneous
1 16 (14.68%) Management Information System
1 16 (14.68%) Social Media
2 9 (8.26%) Freedom of Information
3 8 (7.34%) Cyber Threat
3 8 (7.34%) Freedom of Information Act
4 7 (6.42%) e-Learning
4 7 (6.42%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (5.50%) Cyberattack
6 3 (2.75%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.83%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.92%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.92%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.92%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (0.92%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.92%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.92%) Tandem
8 1 (0.92%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 8 (7.34%) Windows
2 4 (3.67%) Windows 10
3 3 (2.75%) Linux
3 3 (2.75%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.83%) Android
4 2 (1.83%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 34 (31.19%) Continuous Improvement
2 34 (31.19%) Information Security
3 24 (22.02%) Customer Service
3 24 (22.02%) Cybersecurity
4 20 (18.35%) Incident Management
5 19 (17.43%) Agile
5 19 (17.43%) Line Management
5 19 (17.43%) Problem-Solving
6 17 (15.60%) Stakeholder Management
7 16 (14.68%) Asset Management
7 16 (14.68%) Process Improvement
8 15 (13.76%) Risk Management
8 15 (13.76%) Roadmaps
9 11 (10.09%) Impact Assessments
9 11 (10.09%) ITIL
9 11 (10.09%) Mentoring
10 10 (9.17%) Incident Response
11 9 (8.26%) Coaching
11 9 (8.26%) Information Security Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (14.68%) SQL
2 9 (8.26%) JavaScript
3 7 (6.42%) C#
4 5 (4.59%) Java
5 4 (3.67%) TypeScript
6 3 (2.75%) Python
6 3 (2.75%) Ruby
7 2 (1.83%) PL/SQL
7 2 (1.83%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.92%) Kotlin
8 1 (0.92%) Scala
Qualifications
1 17 (15.60%) DBS Check
2 16 (14.68%) CISM
2 16 (14.68%) CISSP
3 9 (8.26%) CISA
4 8 (7.34%) CRISC
5 7 (6.42%) Degree
6 6 (5.50%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 2 (1.83%) CEH
7 2 (1.83%) GIAC
7 2 (1.83%) ISSAP
7 2 (1.83%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (1.83%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.83%) SANS
8 1 (0.92%) CCNA
8 1 (0.92%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.92%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.92%) OCA
8 1 (0.92%) OCP
8 1 (0.92%) Oracle Certification
8 1 (0.92%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (32.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 33 (30.28%) Cyber Essentials
3 24 (22.02%) GDPR
4 16 (14.68%) SLA
5 15 (13.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 13 (11.93%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 9 (8.26%) PCI DSS
8 7 (6.42%) PERC
9 6 (5.50%) HIPAA
10 4 (3.67%) NIST
11 3 (2.75%) Accessibility
11 3 (2.75%) Data Quality
12 2 (1.83%) COBIT
12 2 (1.83%) NCSC
12 2 (1.83%) SOC 2
13 1 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 1 (0.92%) PMO
13 1 (0.92%) QA
13 1 (0.92%) WCAG
System Software
1 21 (19.27%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.75%) vSphere
3 2 (1.83%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (2.75%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.83%) Oracle RMAN
3 1 (0.92%) Argo
3 1 (0.92%) Karpenter
3 1 (0.92%) Terraform
Vendors
1 40 (36.70%) Microsoft
2 9 (8.26%) Google
2 9 (8.26%) Oracle
3 7 (6.42%) Adobe
3 7 (6.42%) OneTrust
4 4 (3.67%) VMware
5 2 (1.83%) Cisco
5 2 (1.83%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.92%) Apple
6 1 (0.92%) Avaya
6 1 (0.92%) Citrix
6 1 (0.92%) Fortinet
6 1 (0.92%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.92%) Symantec
6 1 (0.92%) Verint